Cracking

Monday 3 May 2021, 06:11  #1
ELF x64 - Basic KeygenMe
MinhHy23343
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i found the serial for the "root-me.org" user but i can validation password. i don’t understand "The validation password is the serial’s sha256 hash".

Monday 3 May 2021, 07:51  #2
ELF x64 - Basic KeygenMe
NonStandardModel
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The password to validate the challenge on Root-Me.org is SHA256( serial ).
You can calculate the SHA256 on web-sites like https[:]//emn178.github.io/online-tools/sha256.html or, if you’re on linux, by using simple terminal command echo -n | sha256sum.

Than just note that you may need to try to insert hash all lowercase or all uppercase letters (I do not remember for this challenge which it is).

Monday 3 May 2021, 09:04  #3
ELF x64 - Basic KeygenMe
MinhHy23343
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i sha256(serial) But it doesn’t work

Sunday 27 March 2022, 18:49  #4
ELF x64 - Basic KeygenMe
george122
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I think echo -ne "(hex)\x2....,(str)serial" | sha256sum would help. This challenge to be honest involves some minute problems that we have deal with, very unneccessary but still good one though. Also it might also gave you segmentation fault then try running it different distribution to see if it resolves.